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Dermatomyositis

A type of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by evocative skin lesions and symmetrical proximal muscle weakness.

Spontaneous abortion

A pregnancy that ends at a stage in which the fetus is incapable of surviving on its own, defined as the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy.

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PMID (PMCID)
10380845	FEMALE	Adult
	Acute onset of dermatomyositis presenting in pregnancy with rhabdomyolysis and fetal loss.
	Kofteridis DP, Malliotakis PI, Sotsiou F, Vardakis NK, Vamvakas LN, Emmanouel DS. Scand J Rheumatol. 1999;28(3):192-4.
	We report a case of acute onset of dermatomyositis with rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria, which presented in the 14th week of pregnancy and resulted in spontaneous abortion of the fetus.